EMS Technologies said June 13 that Atlas Telecom Services was awarded a $2.5 million contract to supply EMS’ Enfusion broadband satellite communication system to the U.S. Army in support of Airborne Battle Command operations. The system will be used for command and control on EUH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.

“New command and control operational requirements dictate the need for bandwidth that the older Army infrastructure cannot support,” Sean Gannon, an avionics engineer at Science Application International Corp., said in a statement. “EMS Satcom’s Inmarsat-based terminal provides sufficient bandwidth to securely carry multiple voice, video or data channels simultaneously — a key capability for effective command and control.”